Apparatus for casing and flavoring tobacco.



No. 687,308. Patented Nov; 26, I90l. P. H; HAWKINS.

APPARATUS FUR CASING AND FLAVORING T OBAGGOQ [Applicatio'n filed Apr. 121901.)

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No. 687,808. Patented Nov. 26, 190:.

P. H. HAWKINS. v APPARATUS FOR CASING AND FLAVORING TOBACCO.

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PEYTON H. HAWKINS, OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHSTO WILLIAM P. MAYO, WILLIAM J. WHITEHURST, AND SAM- UEL P. MAYO, OFRICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

APPARATUS FOR CASING AND FLAVORING TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,308, dated November26, 1901.

' of Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State of Virginia, haveinvented eertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Casing andFlavoring Tobacco; and I 'do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and'exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in apparatus for casing andflavoring tobacco,

the object of the invention being to provide simple and efficient meansfor keepingthe casing and flavoring fluids thoroughly mixed and tosupply such a mixture and also powdered flavoring material uniformly tothe tobacco for thoroughly casing and flavoring it.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a casingand flavoring machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewof a portion of the apparatus. Fig. 3 isa side elevation of theapparatus. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the atomizers 16.

A represents a cylinder provided internally with numerous pins on forlifting the tobacco, and said cylinder is revolubly supported ondriving-wheels 1, mounted on a suitable base 2. The shaft 3, driven by asuitable motor, is connected through the medium of proper gearing withthe wheels 1 to transmit motion thereto for rotating the cylinder. Avertically-disposed cylinder 5 is located in proximity to the cylinder Afor the reception of the saccharine casing material and theflavoring-liquid to be applied to the tobacco passing through saidcylinder A. The liquid flavoring material usually consists of essentialoils, which are of much higher specific gravity than the saccharinecasing material and are therefore liable to float on the latter. It is amatter of importance, how- Application filed April 12, 1901. Serial No.55.531. (No model.)

flavoring fluid be kept thoroughly mixed, and

for this purpose I locate within the cylinder 5 a stirrer or agitator 6.The shaft 7 of this 7 stirrer or agitator is provided with a pulley 8,to which motionris transmitted by a belt 9 passing over a pulley 10 on ashaft 11. The shaft 11 is also provided with a pulley 12, to whichmotion is imparted by a belt 13 from the shaft 3. A series of pipes 14enter the upper end of the cylinder 5 and extend to the bottom thereof,and another series of pipes 15 enter and communicate with the upperportion of said cylinder. A series of atomizers 16 are located withinthe cylinder A, and one pipe of each series 14 15 communicates with eachatomizer. The fluids in the cylinder are caused to flow through thepipes 14 by air-pressure in the upper portion of the cylinder 5, whichair may be forced into the upper portion of said cylinder from a pump 4by means of a pipe 47*. A portion of the compressed air in the cylinder5 will flow through the pipes 15 and be ejected at the atomizers, thuscausing the mixed casing and flavoring fluids to be atomized or sprayedon the tobacco passing through the cylinder A.

In addition to the liquid flavoring material applied to the tobacco, asabove'explained, it is desirable, in order to thoroughly flavor thetobacco, to apply a powdered flavoring material thereto as the tobaccopasses through the end of the cylinder. This I accomplish in a simpleand efficient manner by means of a perforated receptacle 17 (preferablyangular in cross-section, so as to more effectually scatter the powderonto the tobacco,) secured rigidly to the shaft 11.

By means of the devices above described I am enabled to case and flavortobacco quickly and in a thoroughly efficient manner.

Slight changes might be made in the details of construction of myinvention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting itsscope, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise detailsherein set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for casing and flavoring tobacco, the combinationwith a revoluble cylinder for tobacco, of a cylinder for casing andflavoring liquids, an agitator in said lastmentioned cylinder forkeeping the casing and flavoring liquids mixed and means for conveyingsaid liquids with air into the revoluble cylinder and. spraying themonto tobacco in said revoluble cylinder.

2. In a tobacco casing and flavoring apparatus, the combination with acylinder for tobacco, of means for constantly mixing liquid casing andflavoring material and spraying them simultaneously on tobacco in saidcylinder.

3. The combination With a revoluble cylinder, of arevoluble perforatedreceptacle over one end of said cylinder for sprinkling powderedflavoring material on the tobacco pass ing through said cylinder.

4. The combination with a revoluble cylinder and a motor or engine forrotating it, of a stationary cylinder for casing and flavoring liquids,means for spraying the mixed liquids on tobacco in the revolublecylinder, an agitator in said stationary cylinder, a shaft over therevoluble cylinder, a sprinkler for powdered flavoring material carriedby said shaft, means for transmitting motion from said shaft to theagitator and means for transmitting motion to said shaft from the shaftof the motor or engine.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

PEYTON I-I. HAWKINS.

Witnesses:

R. O. KILMARTIN, O. A. PEANUTER.

